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Rev. Isaac R. SKINNER

Male 1846 - 1896  (50 years)


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  1. 1.  Rev. Isaac R. SKINNER was born on 27 May 1846 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 16 Oct 1896 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Notes:

    Pursuing his chosen path to become a Baptist minister, he was graduated from Acadia College in 1873, and then served in various pastorates, including Amherst, N.S.; Andover N.B.; River Hebert N.S.; Wittenburg, N.S.; and Oak Bay, N.B.

    From The Daily Telegraph, Saint John, July 31, 1876 : Rev. Isaac R. Skinner was ordained to the Christian ministry in the Baptist Church, Andover (Victoria Co.)

    Isaac married Isabell BLACK on 14 May 1878 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick. Isabell (daughter of Josiah BLACK) was born about 1848 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia; died on 20 Mar 1892 in Wittenburg, Colchester, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. William Josiah SKINNER  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1880 in Nova Scotia; and died.
    2. 3. Robert Black SKINNER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Mar 1886; and died.

    Isaac married Emily Hazeltin McCABE on 1 Nov 1893 in Higginsville, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Emily was born on 3 May 1865 in Higginsville, Halifax, Nova Scotia; died after 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Karl Leon SKINNER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Nov 1894 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 6 Jun 1895 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    2. 5. Kenneth McCabe SKINNER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Nov 1894 in Oak Bay, Charlotte, New Brunswick; died on 7 Dec 1918 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Josiah SKINNER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born about 1880 in Nova Scotia; and died.

    Notes:

    He lived and worked for many years in Boston, and his wife Ethel, was an accountant

    Family/Spouse: Ethel. Ethel and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Robert Black SKINNER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born on 28 Mar 1886; and died.

    Notes:

    He lived and worked for many years in Boston, and whose wife Ethel, was an accountant; and Robert Black Skinner, who founded a highly successful construction business in Boston (the First Church of Christian Scientist mother church in Boston and the Central Park Children’s Zoo in New York being prime examples), kept a Park Avenue Penthouse in New York, and a hobby farm near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He married twice and had two children by his first wife, and Raymond McCully Skinner. Raymond was born in River Hebert, N.S. in 1883. He worked for the Boston street railway and took night courses, eventually obtaining a degree in electrical engineering. In 1910 he went to Vancouver, B.C. where he supervised the construction of major hydro-electric power installations for B.C.Electric Co. A member of the Association of Professional Engineers of B.C., he died in the early 1950’s….”


  3. 4.  Karl Leon SKINNER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born on 19 Nov 1894 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 6 Jun 1895 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia.

  4. 5.  Kenneth McCabe SKINNER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born on 19 Nov 1894 in Oak Bay, Charlotte, New Brunswick; died on 7 Dec 1918 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Notes:

    They resided in Digby, N.S., where he worked as an accountant in the bank. He died in 1918, a victim of the flu epidemic.

    Kenneth married Ruth Louise McMAHON on 12 Feb 1917 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia. Ruth (daughter of Albert E. McMAHON) was born est 1894 in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]